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What is a pedestrian action?

Pedestrian actions are about taking
back the crosswalks. Just imagine
fifty people gathered on the curb with smiles and placards, stepping
out into the street to assert their right to cross. That's a
pedestrian action.

The first pedestrian action was dreamed up by the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition
in March, 1994. Since then the idea has spread to many other
cities. Feet First, of the Puget Sound region of Washington state,
had a "Walk & Roll" demonstration in 1997. PEDS (Pedestrians Educating Drivers
on Safety) of Atlanta commemorated the 50th anniversary of Margaret
Mitchell's death (the author of Gone With the Wind died crossing
the street) in 1999 with "Gone
With a Walk."